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(Application filed Nov. 29, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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HENRY O. FRESI'IOUR, OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 642,841, dated February 6, 1900.

Application filed November 29, 1899. Serial No. 738,653. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY O. FRESHOUR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bridgeport, county of Fairfield, State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Stilt, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has for its object to provide a stilt for walking which shall be simple, strong, and durable and at the same time comparatively inexpensive to produce, my novel stilt consisting of a post and sheet-metal parts so shaped as to permit of their being blanked out with the least possible waste in the form of scrap and which will support without oompressing the ankle, the main support and leverage being from the calf of the leg instead of from the ankle. WVith these ends in view I have devised the simple and novel stilt which I will now describe, referring by numbers and letters to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a side elevation of my novel stilt, showing it attached in place on the foot and leg as in use; Fig. 2, a sectional view on the line 2 2 in Fig. 1, and Figs. 3 and 4 are views illustrating the manner in which the parts are blanked out from sheet metal.

My novel stilt consists, essentially, of three pieces of sheetmetal, iron,or a more expensive metal, if preferred,which I have indicated, respectively, by A, B, and O, and a post which may be of wood or metal and which I have indicated by D. Part A comprises ankle-supports 10, side pieces 11, and a support 12 for the sides and back of the calf of the leg, all blanked out in a single piece of metal which is approximately U-shaped, the metal removed from the center of the approximately U- shaped pieces being utilized to form part B, as clearly shown in Fig. 3. Part B comprises a heel-support 13, a heel-plate 14, a brace 15, and a half-eye 16, which partly incloses the post. Part consists of a heel-support 17, a footrest 18, a toe-plate 19, a brace 20, and a halfeye 21, which also partly incloses the post. Half-eyes 16 and 21 are brought together to form a complete eye through which the post passes and are shown as held together by means of a ring 22, to which the half-eyes are riveted. A pin or bolt 23 passes through the half-eyes, the ring, and the post and retains the latter securely in place. The upper end of the post rests in a socket 24 on the under side of the foot-rest, a block 25, of rubber, (see dotted lines, Fig. 1,) being preferably interposed between the end of the post and the foot-rest. The socket is shown as provided with ears 26, which are riveted to the under side of the foot-rest.

In assembling part A is bentto shape, so that the leg-support will rest upon the calf of the leg and the side pieces and ankle-supports will lie on opposite sides of the ankle. The heel-supports 13 and 17 are formed to shape, as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and the ankle-supports are placed between them and secured by rivets 27. 28 denotes lugs preferably formed upon the foot-rest, which are bent upward at rightangles and to which the ankle-supports are riveted, as at 29. Toeplate 19, which is a portion of part G, is bent under, so as to lie parallel with the front end of the foot-rest, which it supports, and heel-plate 14, which is-a portion of part B, is bent under to form a support for the rear end of the foot-rest, both toe-plate and heel-plate being riveted to the foot-rest, as is clearly shown in the drawings. Braces and are curved into trough shape in crosssection, so as to afford the greatest possible strength with the relatively-light metal that is used. 30 denotes slots in the ankle-supports, leg-support, and foot-rest to receive straps 31, by which my novel stilt is secured to the foot and leg.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- 1. In combination for the purpose specified sheet-metal parts A, B and C, said part A comprising ankle-supports, side pieces and a leg-support, said part B comprising a heelsupport, heel plate and brace, and said part 0 comprising a heel-support, a foot-rest, a toeplate and a brace.

2. The combination with a post, of a sheetmetal foot-rest having on its under side a socket to receive the end of the post, heel, ankle and leg supports also made of sheet metal, and braces between the foot-rest and the post.

3. The combination with a post, of asheetmetal foot-rest having a socket to receive the post, heel, ankle and leg supports also made of metal, braces made integral With other parts and having at their lower ends half-eyes to receive the post, and a ring rigidly secured to the half-eyes and post.

4. In combination for the purpose specified sheet-metal parts A, B and C, said part A comprising ankle-supports, side pieces and a leg-support, said part B comprising a heelsupport, heel plate and brace, and said part 0 comprising a heel-support, a foot-rest, lugs 28, a toe-plate and a brace, said ankle-supports being placed between the heel-supports and riveted thereto and to lugs 28, and the heel-plate and toe-plate being bent under the foot-rest and riveted thereto.

HENRY (J. FRESI-IOUR.

Witnesses:

A. M. WOOSTER, H. A. LAMB. 

